Tag: Cuba

• Saturday, July 30th 2011 - 22:12 UTC

  Cuba allows more charter flights from the US; 350.000 visited the island in 2010

  

  Air travel between the United States and Cuba will become easier with the opening of charter flights to the island from an additional nine US cities announced by Cuba authorities on Friday.

• Saturday, July 23rd 2011 - 06:16 UTC

  Chavez preparing for a second round of chemotherapy treatment in Cuba

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he was preparing for a second round of chemotherapy treatment in Cuba to eliminate the risk of malignant cells. Last weekend, Chavez flew back to Cuba for chemotherapy after delegating limited powers to his finance minister and vice president.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 11:17 UTC

  Cuba imports 60% of rice consumption, the basic diet; main supplier Vietnam

  

  Cuba is forced to import more than 400,000 tons of rice each year, 60% of the total amount of this dietary staple consumed on the island, according to official figures published Sunday by the daily Juventud Rebelde.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 23:22 UTC

  Chavez will run for re-election next year, despite cancer: “there’s no Plan B”

  

  Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez will run for re-election next year despite his struggle with cancer said Finance Minister Jorge Giordani who underlined there’s no Plan B. Giordani’s statement came as the populist leader is in Cuba undergoing chemotherapy and twitted to his compatriots his “insurmountable optimism”.

• Monday, July 18th 2011 - 08:59 UTC

  Chavez delegates some powers to his Vice-president and Finance minister

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez delegated some powers to his vice president and finance minister on Saturday, hours before a planned departure to Cuba for cancer treatment.

• Monday, July 4th 2011 - 17:22 UTC

  In a surprise return Chavez is back in Venezuela singing and saying he’s “fine”

  

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez made a surprise homecoming on Monday after cancer surgery in Cuba and declared himself “fine” despite speculation he may still require lengthy treatment.

• Monday, July 4th 2011 - 04:54 UTC

  Government promises Cubans will be allowed to buy and sell their cars and homes

  

  The authorities in Cuba have released more details of their plans to allow people to buy and sell their cars and homes for the first time in 50 years. The new laws will open up a private property market and enable Cubans to buy any car they can afford.

• Saturday, July 2nd 2011 - 06:18 UTC

  Venezuela’ top general says Chavez is ‘recovering satisfactorily’ and ‘soon’ will be back

  

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is recovering “satisfactorily” from surgery to remove a cancerous tumour and will be home “soon,” the head of the country’s military said on Friday.

• Friday, July 1st 2011 - 03:26 UTC

  Chávez from Cuba tells Venezuela he is undergoing cancer treatment

  

  Doctors detected and removed a cancerous tumor from Hugo Chavez's body, the Venezuelan president announced in a speech broadcast on state-run VTV Thursday night.

• Thursday, June 30th 2011 - 01:10 UTC

  Chavez health mystery increases as major summit and celebrations are suspended

  

  Venezuela has suspended a regional summit scheduled for 5 July, --which also coincides with the 200th anniversary of the country’s independence--, amid continuing speculation over the state of health of President Hugo Chavez.